No. 181 · Johto · Electric
Ampharoscards
Ampharos is a Electric-type Pokémon introduced in Johto, number 181 in the National Pokédex. Its cards run from 2000 to 2026. Its cards are ordered by the art, the best first, rather than by set.
- Cards
- 39
- Sets
- 28
- Printed
- 2000–2026
- Illustrators
- 28
- Sightings
- 3
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The strongest Ampharos art
01/06Ampharos
Illustration rare
02/06M Ampharos EX
Ultra Rare
03/06Ampharos EX
Ultra Rare
04/06Ampharos V
Ultra Rare
05/06Ampharos GX
Ultra Rare
06/06Ampharos V
Holo Rare V
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Which is the better picture?
Two Ampharos cards, side by side.
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Ampharos by scene
Where its cards are set. Each opens a search of just those Ampharos cards, the artwork that shows it most first.
How Ampharos gets drawn
Ampharos is usually drawn nostalgic, wondrous and dreamy, often charging, often in 3D.
Across 34 Ampharos artworks, each picture counted once, next to how every other Pokémon is drawn.
Drawn against type
The Ampharos pictures least like the rest.
2000–2026
Ampharos through the years
Its strongest card of each year it was printed.
2000 Neo Genesis
2001 Neo Revelation
2002 Expedition Base Set
2003 Aquapolis
2004 Team Rocket Returns
2005 Unseen Forces
2006 Dragon Frontiers
2007 Secret Wonders
2008 POP Series 7
2009 Platinum
2010 HeartGold SoulSilver
2011 Call of Legends
2012 Dragons Exalted- 2015 Ancient Origins
2016 Steam Siege
2018 Lost Thunder- 2019 Team Up
- 2020 Vivid Voltage
2021 Evolving Skies
2023 SVP Black Star Promos- 2025 Destined Rivals
- 2026 Chaos Rising
Evolves from
Flaaffy30 cards- Ampharosthis page · 39 cards
Ampharos sightingsspotted in 3 other cards
Cards where Ampharos turns up in someone else's picture: behind them, beside them, or hiding.
Every Ampharos card
39 cards, strongest artwork first.
Ampharos in numbers
- Cards
- 39
- Sets
- 28since Neo Genesis
- Illustrators
- 28most by 5ban Graphics
- Printed
- 2000–2026
- Printed as
- Basic, Stage 2, Mega
- Sightings
- 3in other cards' art
- HP on card
- 70–330
They span 28 sets, from Neo Genesis to Chaos Rising. 28 illustrators have drawn it, most often 5ban Graphics, Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno. It has been printed as Basic, Stage 2 and Mega.
Who draws Ampharos
28 illustrators, by how many they have drawn.
Where it has been printed
28 sets, by how many Ampharos cards each holds.
- Ancient Origins4
- Team Up3
Aquapolis2- Chaos Rising2
Expedition Base Set2
HeartGold SoulSilver2
SVP Black Star Promos2- Vivid Voltage2
BW Black Star Promos1
Call of Legends1
Chilling Reign1
Darkness Ablaze1
16 more sets
Rarity
Questions
- How many Ampharos cards are there?
- There are 39 Ampharos cards, printed between 2000 and 2026 across 28 sets, alternate arts and reprints included.
- Which Ampharos card has the best artwork?
- That's how this page is ordered: the strongest Ampharos art first, however common or rare the card.
- Who illustrates Ampharos cards?
- 28 illustrators have drawn Ampharos. 5ban Graphics has done the most at 5, followed by Atsuko Nishida and Kagemaru Himeno.
- What was the first Ampharos card?
- Its earliest printing in the catalog comes from Neo Genesis, released in 2000. 19 of its 39 cards are Rare.
